5 Condensed Tannins
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 14: Plant Pigments and their Manipulation
Greg Tanner,
Greg Tanner
CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600 Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorGreg Tanner,
Greg Tanner
CSIRO Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600 Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorThis article was originally published in 2004 in Plant Pigments and their Manipulation, Volume 14 (ISBN 9781405117371) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Kevin M. Davies. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Biosynthesis from Coumaroyl-CoA to Leucoanthocyanidin
- Synthesis of Catechin (2,3-trans-flavan-3-ol)
- Synthesis of Epicatechin (2,3-cis-flavan-3-ol)
- Intravacuolar Transport and Polymerization
- Evolution of Biochemical Pathways
- Regulation of Biosynthesis
- Opportunities for Manipulation of Proanthocyanidins
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
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